Jack Winter

Jack Winter is a 24 year-old Bay Area import. Having grown up in Kansas City without an NBA team to root for, his Warriors fandom is complicated. He loves help defense, extra passes, and the additional efficiency of corner three-pointers. After recently relocating from San Francisco to Oakland, he's an avid and tireless defender of the East Bay. He contributes to ESPN TrueHoop sites Hardwood Paroxysm, Magic Basketball, and HoopChalk, and encourages you to reach him via Twitter (@armstrongwinter) or e-mail (john.armstrong.winter@gmail.com).

To say this season's early going has been a definite success for the Warriors doesn't ring true. Not when Andrew Bogut has played less than half the team's games and the shooting struggles of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson have kept the offense from reaching its potent potential. But saying otherwise doesn't either, with Golden State's record at 6-5 after an impressive win on the road in Dallas made them ...

The Four Factors of basketball success are as follows: shooting (40%), turnovers (25%), rebounding (20%), free throws (15%). That's a thought easy and novel enough, especially when considering the assigned weight of each category. It makes sense that shooting is almost twice as influential to a team's success than any other facet, just like it does turnovers are next on the list followed by rebounding and ...

Cleveland Cavaliers 96 Final Recap | Box Score 106 Golden State Warriors David Lee, PF 38 MIN | 10-16 FG | 2-2 FT | 14 REB | 6 AST | 22 PTS | +7 Lee played his best game of the season. Easily. He took good shots – including several easy mid-range jumpers – moved the ball effectively, and cleaned the glass with aplomb. Of particular note were four athletic finishes with his off-hand in the paint. But defensi ...

Our own Jordan Ramirez posted an article yesterday profiling "The New Guys," those six players in Mark Jackson's emerging rotation that weren't with the team last season. The piece makes apt and astute observations on the early play of Andrew Bogut, Carl Landry, and Jarrett Jack especially, three seasoned veterans that give Golden State some much-needed experience, direction, and leadership. Whether it's B ...

Golden State Warriors 92 Final Recap | Box Score 94 Sacramento Kings David Lee, PF 41 MIN | 6-13 FG | 8-8 FT | 6 REB | 4 AST | 20 PTS | +2When Lee is patient and chooses his spots offensively he's a better player and the Warriors are a better team. The shooting numbers don't show it, but for the most part Lee let the game come to him tonight. Most notable were several show-and-go moves he made to score easy ...

Saturday's surprising win over the heavily favored Los Angeles Clippers at Staples Center – that came without Andrew Bogut and the team reeling from the previous night's injury to Brandon Rush, remember – put the Warriors in unfamiliar territory. Not only does Golden State sit alone at the top of the Pacific Division, but their 2-0 record on the road is the organization's first such start in 18 years. Not ...

A win is a win, and in the process of adopting and covering a perpetually downtrodden franchise like the Golden State Warriors I'm in no place to nitpick. As a dedicated Kansas City sports fan that can't remember seeing either hometown professional franchise (the NFL's Chiefs and MLB's Royals) win a playoff game in his lifetime that's especially true. Having a real rooting interest for a local NBA team is ...